With Monsoon touch, slum dwellers nightmare goes up
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Bhubaneswar ( Orissa) : Normal life in several parts of Orissa on Saturday badly affected in the wake pre-monsoon rain.
Major towns like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Balasore, Ganjam, Rourkela and several other areas witnessed good rain fall on the day.
Indian Metrological Department officials said here that the monsoon is expected to touch the State by June 17.
Meanwhile, mercury has come down in the wake of unprecedented rain. Temperature in western parts of the State, which has been witnessing heavy heat wave, has come down, sources added.
Met Department officials however predicated more rain in next 24 hours.
However, water logging problem may again hit the residence of twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar with most of the drains were either congested or damaged due to improper maintenance. With the Monsoon all to set to arrive in the State, the nightmare of residents staying in low lying areas of twin cities, have gone up.
Salia Sahi, ISKCON Temple road in Nayapalli, Baragarh Brit Colony, Laxmi Sagar, Jharpada, Goutam Nagar, VSS Nagar, Mancheswar, Bamikhal, Satya Nagar and Old Town are among areas in the State Capital mostly affected due to water logging in rainy season.
Similarly, Badambadi Bus Stand, backside of Ruxi Hotel, Brajakabati Road, Buxi Bazar, Thoria Sahi, Jhanjirmangala, Pattapally, Dhabeleswar Harijan Sahi, Khan Nager, Gandhipally, Kathajodi Sahi, Santhali Sahi, Kathajodi Munda Sahi and Immapada in Cuttack are severely hit due to water logging.
However, officials of both Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Cuttack Municipal Corporation are attributing crisis due to illegal construction.
Sources said that despite standing instructions from the High Court to complete the desilting work of Cuttack drains before the onset of monsoon preferable by May 31 every year, over 70 percent of drains in the city are choked with mock.
During floods in Mahanadi and Kathjodi which flow on three sides of the city, the mucks from main drains flow back to the connected drains thereby choking the sewerage system of the entire city.
The Cuttack City was once dotted with over 1800 puddles and ponds over two decades ago which were acting as rainwater absorbers. Most of these water bodies have now been converted into homestead lands with multi-storied buildings coming up.
